John f



` 1. F.1RUDEAU.

WASTE PACKED SLEEVE BEARING. I

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 7. !9l 8.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

, ythe `:following to `-loe'a` full, clear, and exact UNITED STATES PATENT oFEToE.

JOHNT. TEUDEAU, E BAYONNE, NEW JEEsEY AssIoNoE. 'To ELECTRO-DYNAMIC COMPANY, vor BAYQNNE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

, WAsTmrAokEp SEEEVEJEEAEINQ.

To all whom t may concern:y

of vNew J ersey, have. invented certain-new rand useful Improvements-in W aste-'Packed Sleeve-Bearings; and ""I do hereby .declare description of the invention,I such as -yvilflfienl. able others skilled'iii'the art 'to which' itila-p- 'ablefastemng devlces l2. The lower memf 'beriof'theljournal box\is'provided -witlr a ,pertains to make and 'ilse the s am'e.`l l

The present inventione'rwhich relates to Waste-packed ournal bearlngsh'as Jfor an ob- "ject, the production offafbearing-of "simple,

" bricating the s aft .is independentlofthe` member or: journal `box witliinfy Whrch'uthe 5 eective and A rugged constructiom in which sleeve `is mounted, so'fthatyariations Vin fpo- 'y tiyeness ofthe lubricating 'packir'1g;'y in which the supply of lubricant 'to thefpack-mg sition of the VYbearing sleeve, T vith.' respect to this.member vorfbox, ,do not lessenethe effecis :effectively yprovided for;v

To this end ,the'packing Aemployed for absorbing vlubricant "is contained -yvithrnthe 'bearing sleeveqin a pocket- .Wh1ch1hasanopening toward Jlthe journal 'so thatf`a1lf'the -1 lubricant `sllppli'ed to thepocketfls effectively I lapplied to andiabsorb'edrby -tle/ packing'and .the4 packing follows, vand remains "in -rclose1k i t ,contact with, -the ,journal "under all condi- "rftions lof displacement, offthe --Jsleeve;4 The constructionv vis'thus 'rendered p'artieuiarly is'uitablefor selfali'ning *bearings lhefinvention-furtherproyides inH con- "junction With the pocketfor ,holdingwthe' packing, lay reservoir' for holding lubricant and' thejpassak'gewayl are formed* entirely Withinl the {bea-ring 'sleeve' so#y that "they, like box of the. bearing.

*thepockeu'fare independent' of the 'journalI v Accesstothe lreservoir '1 `and. the ipock'et may Abef-1obtained through a l common aperture. provided in the -j ournal f box orrhou's'ingwithin ,Whichfth'efbearing Q'sleevei's'fmountedl` 4 LO her'bb'ects 'andadyantagesof the-lin` l i vvention" will '-appzearf more clearly l fromfa description' of 5 a preferred embodiment thereof; 'asfsliown 1 in .thee' aecompanying drawing along which Fig. 111s' taken.

1 specmcationof temps Patent. Batented-Aug. 19, 1919. Appnoarion'ied nugiist 7,1918; lserial Nojzziami;

in which Figure 1 is an elevation showing fthejournal fbox'and bearing sleeve or vbushtion yof Figgl, shwingthe'section linel-1 The-journal box-"here shown, lwhich of standard i'eonstructionl and forms 1 no novel t partof the-inventlon, is formed oftWo parts i10fandff'11, connected to each other by? suit-f chamber 13 to r'eceiyethel used lubricant Which-has passed fout ofthe bearing, and a suitable-tap isprovided yat 14 to permit the type,A andfthe bearing sleeve is accordinglyrnounted to havea limited amount of moiement Within the ."journal'gbox. The

bearing sleeve ,mayy beconstructed of two or Vmore sections t suitably attached to each other and "surroundingthe shaftyl.

Thefbearingsleeve is recessed `to forml a5 pocket 17 'opening t-Ward `the journal and adapted to y'receive Waste vor other suitable packing material fl8 and lhaving at its 'bottom an `oil distributing screen or' perforated p1ate'19, supported on shoulders formed atv lthebottom ofthe pocket. Adjacentthe upper endI offthe pocket is a 'reseryoir 20 formed in the bearing sleeve and separated v'fi'nntlie pocket a portion ofv`v thesleeve formed"` as Ya WallfZi'l.` "Thef'reseryoir is intended to' hold lubricant); and to permit :the

Same yto 'beJ supplied to lthej packing -in the pocket, aAfpas'sageWay ordnet 22 extends from-theA freservoir circumferentially with respect to- 'ther` journal 'and communicates .with -the bottom ofthe pocket;L This vduct is the main passageway throughgwhich 1u- -loricantis suppliedl from thereservoir tosaturate vthev packing, but l-itowill 'be of advanf tstg'e,toiprov'ide one or `moreresltricted aper-v tures-"24' in ^the Wall ,21"betWeen the bottoml ofrthefreservoir vandthe pocket yso thatthe topk portions of the packing may be. thoroughlyv saturated with lubricant;l

t' Preferablyzthe opening'oflthe duct 224 into the reservoir- 2O is Well above the bottom of the' reservoirA andthe apertures 24k soA that, in effect, a reserve supply'of lubricant is provided to be fed to the packing?? from the ample duct 22 and from the reservoir 20 through apertures 24 after the level of the lubricant in the reservoir'falls below the opening 23. Thus, when the attendant inspecting the bearing obseiwes that the opening 23 is uncovered, he will be warned to rell the reservoir, but in the meantime,

and for some considerable reserve period,

the supply of lubricantwill be maintained both to the top and the bottom of the packing.

To `permit access to the packing` pocket and the reservoir, the upper member 11 of vthe journal box is .provided withy an aperture covered` by a suitable closure' 25. The

upper member of the journal box may also j ing and spilling Aof oil over thel top ofthe wall 21 into the packing.

By virtue of the construction described above, the packing willatall times be adequately supplied with lubricant ,froin4 both above and below through direct passages.

and from a reservoir within the bearing sleeve and easily accessible tothe attendant.

Y Since the packing is contained in a'pocket .f within the'bearin'g sleeve, it will always follow the journal, ifthe sleeve moves with respect to the journal box, as it may vdo in case of deflection or other disalinement, as of a self-alining bearing. `,By forming thereservoir and the supply duct entirely within the bearing, sleeve, they are -independent ofi ,the

position of the sleeve with respect to the journal box, so that thepatli over which the lubricant flows from the reservoir ,tothepackingis constant, thus insuring auniform supply of lubricant to the journah Iclaim: v ,i

1. A waste-packed journal bearing co mprising a journal Ibox,y and a bearing sleeve mounted in the journal box and'having provided within itselfa widek and deep pocket which opens toward the journal and which is adapted to contain substantially the entire supply of packing and toxcarry the same bodily with it during any displacement of' the journal and sleeve with respect to the V journal box; substantially'-asfdescribed.

. 2. A self-alining journal'bearing'comprising a journal box and a bearing sleeve being respectively shaped to` permit s elfalinement 0f the sleeve in the box, the sleeve having provided within itself a pocketl open.

ing toward the journal and adapted to` constantly contain a comparatively largesup-V ply of lubricated packing, so that the pack-k f ing will follow the .journal of alinement thereof. v

3. A journal bearing comprising a journal in all positions` box, and a bearing sleeve mounted in the box and having provided within itself a pocket opening toward the journal andv adapted to constantly contain a'v comparatively large supplyof lubricated packing, so that the packing will follow the journal in any displacement thereof with respect to the journal`box,'said sleeve containing a reservoir whichis in communication with said pocket for holding lubricant and supplying it to the packing.

- 4. A journal bearing comprising ajournal box, vand a bearing sleeve mounted in the b Ox and having provided within itself a pocket o eninw toward the 'ournal and ada ted to P .e l P .constantly,contain a comparatively large supply of .lubricated packing, so `that `the packing will follow the journal in any displacement thereof with respect to the. journal box, said sleeve containing in theupper portion thereof .a reservoir for holding liibricant, and a duct extending circumferentially from the reservoir to the packing pocket.

i 5.,A journal bearing comprising a journal box, and a bearing sleeve mounted in the box and containing within itself a pocket .opening toward the journal and adapted to receive a packing of lubricated Waste or the like sovtliat the packing will follow the journal in any displacement thereof with respect ,to the journal box, said sleeve containing in the upper portion thereof a reservoir for holding lubricant, and also containing a duct extending circumferentially from thereser- Voir to the lower portion of the packing pocket and a relatively restricted passage exj tending from the reservoir to the upper portion of the packing pocket.

6. A journal bearing comprising a journal box, and a bearing sleeve mounted in the box and containing within .itself a pocket opening toward the journal and adapted to receive `a packing of lubricated waste or `the like so that the packing will follow the journal in any displacement thereof with respect `to the journal box, said sleeve containing in the. upper portion thereof a reservoir for holding lubricant, and also containing a duct extending, circumferentially from the reservoir to the lower portion of the packing pocket and a :relatively restricted passage extendingffrom thereservoir to the upper f portion of the packing pocket, the opening lfrom thereservoir into the duct being well I a'bove the bottomthereofand above the said mounted therein, the box and bearing` sleeve..

, box, 'and a bearing sleeve mounted in the box and containing within itselfv a pocket opening toward the journal and adapted to receive a packing` of` lubricated waste or the `like s o that the packing will follow the journalin any displacement thereof'with respect to the journal box, said sleeve containing -also a vreservoir for holding lubricant and supplying it to the packing, and said journal box having a covered port opening into both the reservoir and the packing pocket.

8. A journal bearing comprising a journal box, and a bearing sleeve mounted in the box and ycontaining within itself a pocket opening toward the journal and adapted to receive a packing of lubricated waste or the like so that the packing will follow the journal in any displacement thereof with respect to the bearing box, said sleeve containing also a reservoir for holding lubricant and supplying it to the packing, and said journal box having a covered port opening into both the reservoir and they packing pocket, and a partition wall formed in the sleeve opposite the port and between the reservoir and the packing pocket.

9. A journal bearing comprising ajournal box, and a bearing sleeve mounted in the box and containing within itself a pocket opening toward the journal and adapted to receive a packing of lubricated waste yor the like so that the packing will follow the journal in any displacement thereof` with respect to the journal, said sleeve containing also a reservoir for holding lubricant and supplying it to the pacldng, and said journal box having a covered port opening into both the reservoirvand the packing pocket, and partition walls in alinement with one another formed in the sleeve and the journal box opposite the port and between the reservoir and the packing pocket.

10. A journal bearing comprising a journal box, and a bearing sleeve mounted in the box and containing within itself a pocket opening toward the journal and adapted to receive a packing of lubricated waste or the like so that the packing will follow the journal in any displacement with respect to the journal box, the bearing sleeve containing in the upper portion thereof a reservoir for holding lubricant and also containing al duct which extends from the reservoir to the packing pocket, the opening from the reservoir into said duct being located well above the bottom of the reservoir to maintain a reserve supply of lubricant in the reservoir to 'be fed to the packing from the duct after the level of the lubricant in the reservoir falls low enough to uncover said opening; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN F. TRUDEAU.

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